Leonard Heinz was recently put in charge of the construction division of McMahan Industries. He has reviewed the plant assets and their related accounting records, and believes certain items are "impaired" and should be charged off to a loss account. Examine the following list and decide if you believe the item is impaired.

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An abandoned building is slated for demolition Equipment that will continue to be used as planned in the production of profitable projects; however, a forced sale of the equipment would not recover its book value Used equipment is no longer in use, but will be sold for more than its book value Newly purchased assets for which the company significantly overpaid, and which have costs that will not be recovered from future cash flows Actions of competitors have forced McMahan to permanently lower prices, and certain items of equipment continue to be used at full capacity, even though the resulting production is unprofit- able and will not recover cost Yes Impaired? No